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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-91, verse-8

राक्षसापसदं हन्तुं स्वयमेव पितामह ।
त्वां समाश्रित्य दुर्धर्षं तन्मे कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि ॥८॥
8. rākṣasāpasadaṁ hantuṁ svayameva pitāmaha ,
tvāṁ samāśritya durdharṣaṁ tanme kartuṁ tvamarhasi.
8. rākṣasāpasadaṃ hantuṃ svayam eva pitāmaha tvāṃ
samāśritya durdharṣaṃ tat me kartuṃ tvam arhasi
8. pitāmaha durdharṣaṃ tvāṃ samāśritya svayam eva
rākṣasāpasadaṃ hantuṃ tat me kartuṃ tvam arhasi
8. O grandfather (pitāmaha), relying on you, the unassailable, I desire to kill that lowest of Rākṣasas myself. You ought to do that for me.

Words meanings summery:

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  • राक्षसापसदं (rākṣasāpasadaṁ) - referring to Ghaṭotkaca (the lowest of Rākṣasas, the vilest Rākṣasa)
  • हन्तुं (hantuṁ) - to kill
  • स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
  • पितामह (pitāmaha) - addressing Bhīṣma (O grandfather)
  • त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative)
  • समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon
  • दुर्धर्षं (durdharṣaṁ) - unassailable, invincible, difficult to overcome
  • तत् (tat) - refers to the act of killing Ghaṭotkaca (that)
  • मे (me) - to me, for me
  • कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do, to make
  • त्वम् (tvam) - you
  • अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसापसदं (rākṣasāpasadaṁ) - referring to Ghaṭotkaca (the lowest of Rākṣasas, the vilest Rākṣasa)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of rākṣasāpasada
rākṣasāpasada - vilest of Rākṣasas, a low Rākṣasa
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+apasada)
  • rākṣasa – a Rākṣasa, demon
    noun (masculine)
  • apasada – outcast, low, vile
    adjective/noun (masculine)
हन्तुं (hantuṁ) - to kill
(verb)
active, infinitive (tumun) of han
infinitive
root han + tumun suffix
Root: han (class 2)
स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic.
पितामह (pitāmaha) - addressing Bhīṣma (O grandfather)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha
pitāmaha - grandfather
त्वां (tvāṁ) - you (accusative)
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, having relied upon
(indeclinable)
absolutive
formed from prefix 'sam' + 'ā' + root 'śri' + suffix 'lyap'
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: śri (class 1)
दुर्धर्षं (durdharṣaṁ) - unassailable, invincible, difficult to overcome
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa
durdharṣa - unassailable, invincible, formidable
from 'dur' (difficult) + root 'dhṛṣ' (to dare)
Prefix: dur
Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)
Note: Modifies 'tvāṃ'.
तत् (tat) - refers to the act of killing Ghaṭotkaca (that)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Object of 'kartuṃ'.
मे (me) - to me, for me
(pronoun)
singular of asmad
asmad - I
कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do, to make
(verb)
active, infinitive (tumun) of kṛ
infinitive
root kṛ + tumun suffix
Root: kṛ (class 8)
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Subject of 'arhasi'.
अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh
Root: arh (class 1)